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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1963)
^Éandy ^ost ™ ELVE pages SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1963 simc.r coPX i» No. 49 Petitioners Protest City Meter Installation Request Special Election Hood Safety Fair Ready to Go Here Plans are complete for the Mt. Hood Safety Fair to be held Sat- urday, Dec. 7, in the high school cafetorium. Promising to be fun and worthwhile for husbands and wives, boys and girls, cousins and grandparents, all are invited and urged to attend the day-long, action-packed, prize-giving show. It is free for all, complete with morning and afternoon coffee breaks and a complete, free, mid day meal consisting of beef, nood les, salad, string beans, biscuits and coffee which will be served to all in attendance. The program will start at 8 a.m. with registration which will qualify those attending for one of the 20 door prizes which have been do nated by interested merchants. During the day demonstration on home safety, first aid, steel spar tree, sawmill safety, fire protec- tion and farm safety will be given, The latest films on safety in industry and the home will be shown and outstanding speak- ers will give talks on various phases of safety and accident pre vention. In the afternoon the feature dem onstration will be given by Claude Haggard, safety director, Copco Division, Pacific Power and Light Co. Explorer Scouts from Sandy Post 248 will present tha-colors to open the morning program. The Safety Fair is the result of more than three months prepara tion by the Mt. Hood and Sandy Lions Clubs in cooperation with other service clubs, local busi ness firms and lumber companies and the State Industrial Accident Commission. Modification Bids For SUHS Called Sandy Union High School is ad vertising for sealed bids for the remodeling of and additions to the school. Bids will be received by Marie Seematter, clerk of Clack amas County School District No. 2, at the high school in Sandy un til 8 p.m. Dec. 18. Plans, Specifications and Con tract Documents may be examin ed or may be obtained at the of fice of Hewlett and Jamison, Arch itects, 1430 S.W. Clay St., Port- land, upon a deposit of $75 for each set of documents. Removal of the old Pioneer Building at the school and new construction in that area and re modeling of the 1935 and 1955 additions to the school are called for in the contract. The present wood shop in the 1935 addition will be converted into locker and team room and construction of a new counseling center from the pres ent office and classroom area is cal ed for under remodeling plans. The existing kitchen in the 1955 area is to be enlarged and re modeled and provisions are made for a new faculty dining room. The science room will also be en- larged. In the unit adjacent to the 1955 addition new band and practice rooms are to be provided and the present band room will be converted into a choral room. The existing girls’ locker room will be converted into an arts and crafts room. We the undersigned residents of the City of Sandy DO HEREBY PETITION THE CITY COUNCIL TOCALL ASPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALLOWING THE PEOPLE OF SANDY TO VOTE THEIR PREFERENCE ON INSTALLATION OF WATER METERS. Thus read the petition bearing 205 signatures that was presented to a stunned city council at Mon day night’s meeting. The petition was brought to the council by six Sandy residents, Claude Dove, Don Bodley, Victor Spaller, Joe Yoerg- er, Harold Townsend and John Hillyard. This young farm lad (unidentified) is il machine in motion while his arm and his lustrating what a lot of people do that is un life are In such jeopardy. Too many people safe. He is placing his hand in a screw are careless around machinery. conveyor. Let us pray that no one sets the Request Gifts For Patients In the 1935 addition the new lock er and team rooms will have lightweight block and glazed tile walls, and hardboard ceilings. A new concrete and ceramic tile floor will be laid over the pres ent concrete fluor. Remaining areas in the 1935 addition will have plastered walls on gypsum lath. Walls in the 1955 section will have plaster or gypsum board finish and exterior walls will be light-weight concrete block. Floors will be finished with as phalt tile over concrete. All areas will have new fluorescent light ing. Christmas gifts for patients at Oregon mental hospitals are be ing collected throughout the San dy area. A central depot at the Community Presbyterian church, Sandy, is open each day of the week for gifsts for both men and women patients of Oregon State hospital, Salem. With the state hospital budget cut sharply, the need this year is greater than ever. There is a special plea for new and next to New construction plans include tile floor and wainscot while the administrative area will have asphalt tile over concrete. Gyp sum board will cover interior walls and brick veneer will face the exterior of the lobby. The roof will be built-up on joists with glue-lam beams on wood posts. A new library and classrooms wing will be built immediately south of the 1935 school addi tion. A clothing lab, a food lab, four science rooms and four reg ular classrooms will be included in the new wing. Specifications include fluorescent lighting, as phalt tile floors and acoustical tile ceilings. Toilet rooms are to have ceramic tile floor and wainscot. Some site work, including a new concerete parking area, will be required. Total remodeling work involves about 23,500 square feet and new construction totals approximately 36,500 square fee*. The man on the ladder should have mended it long ago for soon it will he too late. One more step and it’s going to take a tumble. Serves him right for being so careless but we'll hope he doesn't get any broken bones for we know he'll not get any cherries this way. Santa In Person In Sandy Parade Give the BIG GIFT that’s priced SMALL! C aravelle ’ A PRODUCT OF the first low-cost quality watch! B ulova Santa Claus is cor,ring to town on Dec. 14, 1963. The Mount Hood Jaycettes have talked to the jolly man and he has promised to be in the Santa Day Parade at 10 a.m. After the parade he will visit with the youngsters of the Sandy area until 6 p.m. Santa will be at the bakery next to Grokett’s Jewelry store. Chamber Vote Backs Council $1295 $16 95 Phone Oregon MU 7-3101 At a vote taken at the Cham ber of Commerce meeting Tues day, the group gave unanimous backing to the City Council in its actions to improve the City’s water posture by installation of water meters. Spike Emerson, local insurance man, who said his company is in constant contact with insurance rating bureaus, said that he has been told local fire insurance rates are on the verge of doubling be cause the city, lacking meters, has little or no control over its water supply. He told the group it was his opinion that any delay in meter Installation was bound to be costly and in case of fire, could tie disastrous. At 5:30 p.m. Santa will draw the winning tickets for the two dolls and the boy’s road-race set that the Jaycettes will award. The baby doll and the fashion doll have beautiful wardrobes made by the Jaycettes. Tickets are available from any Jaycettes for a donation of 25£ each or 5 for $1.00. The proceeds from the ticket sales go into making the parade and Santa’s visit to Sandy possible. Some of the Jaycettes work- ing on the Parade committee are Clara Salisbury, Joyce Martin, Ginny Brewster, Gwen Pullen, Caroling Duff and Sharon Innis. A Special Letter From Santa Claus If al’ my young friends will send me a card with their Christmas gift list I will send you all a re turn card from Santa Claus and Mr. Zip. You must address your cards like this; Santa Claus North Pole 99701 You must also put on your re turn address and be sure to In clude your own zip code num ber. The zip code number for San dy, Oregon is 97035. new sweaters, shirts, slippersand socks for men; for hosiery, under things, blouses and sweaters for women. The hospital reports an urgent need for medium and large sizes in men’s clothing. Women's cloth ing is needed in sizes 12 to 18. Cosmetics are most welcome; lipsticks, face creams and pow ders, tooth brushes and paste, deodorants. There are never enough tobaccos, pipes and cigar ettes. It is hoped that members of service clubs will volunteer to bring a pack or a carton to their December meetings. Be sure to drop all things off at the Presbyterian church, in the container just inside the front door. Rabies Clinic Set for Sandy Rabies clinics in Sandy and Esta cada have been announced by Clackamas County Health Officer Hollister M. Stolte, MJ). A num ber of organizations are cooper ating in the clinics, including vet erinarians, P.T.A.’s, fire depart ments and service groups. Dr. Stolte stressed that the clinics are equally Important for cats as well as dogs and suggested that residents take their pets to the nearest convenient clinic. Should a clinic be missed the pets may be innoculated at any othei clin ic. Price of the immunization is $1.00 per head. Dr. Stolte further cautioned that only cats and dogs will receive Injections. Skunks, chipmunks and other wild pets will not be innoc ulated at the public clinics. Owners <it such exotic pets will have to make special arrangements with their own veterinarians for the care of such animals. Cats may be more easily handled If brought to the clinics in string sack such as those used for distributing onions or citrus fruits. Dogs should tie brought to the clinics with a collar and leash and be kept under control. Pup pies and kittens under four months of age will not tie accepted. The clinic will be held in the Sandy fire station Monday, Dec. 9 and In the Estacada fire station Wednesday, Dec. 11 between the houra of 4 to 8 p.m. After a formal reading of the pe- tiont the council concluded that it could not ignore, nor did it wish to ignore, the document which was legally executive and bore the names of so many residents of the city. However, the council explain ed, the meters were being instal led in full compliance with exist ing law, specifically City Ordin ance No. 73, Section 23, which gives the council full and complete power to instal or remove water meters at their discretion or any place or residents being served city water. Mayor Paluck asked if the pe titioners realized that, “to put the matter to a vote in a special election would be costly and that In the meantime, subject to the out come, all Installation of meters would have to stop?’’ Joe Yoerger, one of the peti tioners, said they did and con sequently wanted the question brought to an early vote. Council members said such an election could not possibly be held before Christmas and necessary arrangements would probably take until the middle of January. Councilman Jonsrud said, “The delay will allow the voters of this community a chance to become fully informed of all the facts in the matter, to get both sides of the picture.’’ “I am sure,’’ he added, “that once the people are Informed of the real facts involved and that metering Is the first logical step towards a real and intelligent solu tion of our water problems they will agree that we should have me ters.’’ “This action,’’ he went on,“has only been taken after long study by members of the council and all agree that we should have them. Engineers hired to make a sur vey of the city water situation said we could not develop, we could hope to make progress toward our goal of supplying abundant water economically to all users without first knowing how much water we have, and where It is being wast ed.’’ Jonsrud said, “They told us me tering was the way to determine this, insurance underwriters are predicating their presently lower rates on the fact that the city is proceeding with water meter In stallation.’’ Councilman John Mills then moved to withhold further discus sion and to bring the matter up at a special council meeting as there was a great deal of other necessary business before the council. Councilman Deane Wesselink seconded the motion and the mo tion was carried. Coundlmen attending the meet ing were Ralph Hames, John Mills, Don Lundbohm, Phil Jonsrud, Al Morner and Deane Wesselink. Also present, and presiding, was May or Mike Paluck and city attorney Paul Biggs. The Mayor informed the peti tioning group Joe Yoerger said, “We don’t want to wait for a gen eral hearing. We want an elec tion.’’ City Attorney Paul Biggs in formed the council that it was entirely within their rights to hold a public hearing on the petition before proceeding with an elec tion. In an Interview after the meet- Mayor Paluck, who owns the Mt. Hood Laundry, when asked for his views on water metering said, "Under metering I pay a water bill of #35 to $50 a month. With out metering under the present law I would pay the city only the flat rate service of $2.45. I personal ly would save almost a $1,000 a year. But I happen to believe the city needs meters. You can't run a proper city without water. In order to distribute that water fairly we must have meters. Then the big users, such as I and people with great big green lawns, pay their share for the water they use.” “We won’t have the waste we have now,’’ he continued, “once people know they are paying for water they use, undetected leaks will be discovered andknown leaks will be stopped, everyone will ben efit from the added water pres sure.” “I believe,” said the Mayor, "that our water system should pay for Itself with enough profit on the Investment of city funds to allow tor the overall improve ment and future expansion of its service. In a conversation with Alvin Lamb, one of the signers of the petition, he said, "I am not nec essarily against the installation of water meters. I signed the pe tition because I object to the money that is being charged for their installation being put into the gen eral fund. Why shouldn’t tills money go to improvement of our water system? Estacada Is still fight ing over how their money collec ted in this way was spent. Be sides I can’t understand how me tering will give us more water.” The Post put this question up to John Mills, who explained, "We’ll have more water liecause with me ters we'll have a tight system. When you turn on a faucet or con nect a fire hose to a hydrant you'll have a stream, not just a trickle, of water. We don’t want tribe faced again and again with critical water’ shortages, (many of which the pub lic has not been aware of) but which left us in a very doubtful position to fight fires that could occur.” He mentioned the General Store fire early in the year which brought local supply down to a dangerously low level and other instances when the matter of avail able water was a cause of concern to the fire department. "As It is now,” Mills said, "You can’t beat the dripping fau cets, forgotten hoses and leaky water closets. The water pressure drops and even though the water is there you can’t get it. It Is spread too thin over too wide an area. When people are paying for these leaks they’ll fix them and the water will stay in the pipes where it belongs under enough pressure to be useful.” “I don’t think most of those who signed the petition could have known what it is they are try ing to stop,” he concluded. The Post called several other persons who had signed the pe tition. One said she had signed it because she believed It was a request to the city council to in stall water meters. She was for them, she said, and already had paid for the one Installed on her property and was anxious for the city-wide use of meters to be gin. Another said she had signed the petition without reading It be cause she was asked to. Another said he had paid for the meter installed on his new home but had signed the petition without giving It any thought. Joe Yoerger, who was among the signers who presented the pe tition to the council, told a Post reporter "He does not agree with the statement in the Sandy Post made by Mike Paluck that 'me ters would solve our water prob lem and that a bond issue would be necessary for a long time.’ ” (ed. note: In the Sandy Post of Nov. 7 Mayor Paluck was quoted as saying, “In my opinion the Installation of water meters is the cheapest and quickest way to get more water . . . Water meters will help keep Sandy abreast of its water problems for some time to come.” He made no mention of a bond issue.) Mr. Yoerger also said, "The thousands of dollars it wil cost the people of Sandy to install me ters could be spent to a much bet ter advantage, such as securing more water for the city.” Blast Victims Recovering Mrs. James Thornton is recov ering In Gresham Hospital from injuries she received when their Cherryville home was devastated last week by an exploding hot water heater. She suffered a frac tured jaw, broken fingers and arm, facial cuts and bruises. Mr. Thorn ton who received multiple bruises, but no serious Injury has been discharged from the hospital. Search Continues For Death Car Authorities are still methodi cally tracking down clues to the the car that wiped out the life of Fritz Trachsel In aSandy cross walk last month. According to police chief Deane Coffey, several descriptions of the death car have been obtained from unidentified witnesses and hopes of locating the hit - and • run driver are strong. Any possible witness to the accident who have not vet come forward are urged to contact Chief Coffey at the Sandy police station. BPW Bake Sale Saturday A baked food sale will be held by Sandy Business and Pro fessional Women Saturday, Dec. 7, at Sandy Drug Store beginning at 10 a.m. lasting throughout the day. Many goodies will be on hand for the holidays. Proceeds to be given towards a scholarship for a high school student. EXCLUSIVE! 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